Garment hanger cover



April 25, 1939. H. c RUEN GARMENT HANGER COVER Original Fil ed Dec. 27, 193'? 3nbentor w m u Patented 25, 1939 GARMENT HANGER covna Henry C. Ruen, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Cleaners Hanger Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application December 27, 1937, Serial No. 181,892 Renewed February 4, 1939 16 Claims.

This invention relates to covers for garment hangers and particularly to paper covers for wire garment hangers of a common triangular type.

1 The primary purpose of such covers is to pre- I vent such direct engagement of a cleaned garment with a wire hanger as might cause soiling I of the garment, and they further serve to carry any desired printed matter. Since such covers are ordinarily applied by untrained employees and may not materially increase the cost of garment hangers, it is desirable that they be applicable as simply and rapidly as possible.

An object of the invention is to form a garment hanger cover with three flaps respectively adapted to be folded over the respective sides of the hanger body, said flaps so meeting or adjoining as to adapt them to be readily interengaged and secured in their positions of use.

Another object is to marginally form the front wall of a garment hanger cover with a plurality of flaps serving to jointly form the rear wall, one of such flaps being foldable about the mid portion of the lower bar of a triangular wire garment hanger, the front and rear walls having free lower portions serving to cover the remaining portions of said bar.

A further object is to adapt a garment hanger cover having flaps as above described, to be blanked in quantities from a sheet of paper with a minimum of waste by so relatively locating and proportioning said flaps, that one such flap of any blank may be struck out from between the other two flaps, as formed on another blank.

A further object is to adapt the three described flaps, when folded to form a cover, to be interengaged by a single operation.

These and various other objects are attained by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the improved cover, as applied to a garment hanger.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.'

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a view of a paper blank from which the 'cover is formed.

In these views, the reference character I designates the front wall of the improved cover, such wall having substantially the shape of an isosceles triangle in conformity with the triangular body 2 of a common type of wire garment hanger. Integrally projecting from said wall,

at its downwardly divergent lateral margins, is

a pair of flaps 3, substantially coextensive. with said margins and adapted to be folded over the sides of the hanger 2. When so folded, said flaps adjoin at the mid portion of the wall l and conform to such walltexcept as regards its lower mid portion; That is to say, said flaps project downwardly 'a slight distance below the lower member of the hanger, as does the wall I, said flaps and wallthu's' coacting to cover the side members of the hanger and also the bottom member thereof, with-the' exception of its mid portion, as clearly appears in Fig. 2. To cover such mid portion, a relatively small flap 4 approximately triangular in shape, integrally projects from the wall I at the mid portion of its lower margin, suchportion being upwardly offset to adapt the flap 4 to be folded about the bottom member of the hanger 2. Whenthus folded, the flap 4 overlaps the flaps 3,and-by the use of an adhesive, may serve to interconnect the same. Preferably the interconnection is established by a sticker 5 overlappin'g'the three fiaps.

An important feature of the invention is the employment of a blank for forming the described cover, minimizing waste in forming a quantity of the blanks from a sheet of paper or the like. Thus, as best appears in Fig. 5, the small flap 4, projecting downwardly from the mid portion of the wall or panel l,'-v is shaped to approximately conform with the reentrant opening 6 formed between the flaps 3,"and such opening and the small flap are both bisected by the median line between the blank extremities. It follows that a major portion of the fiaps4-of one blank may be struck out of the opening 6- of an adjacent blank, in feeding a sheet of material to the blankform-- ing dies (not shown);. -fgTheresulting avoidance of waste is highly desirable in quantity production of the blanks. .Waste is further minimized by similarly formingth ps 3 with edges 1 diagonally extending from-the margins of the opening 6 to the outer edges of said flaps, since this reduces the vertical dimension of the blank. Thus cutting away the inner corners of the flaps 3 produces a triangular opening between. the lower portions of said flaps when they are folded, as in Fig. 2, but this is not objectionable since the flap 4 covers and conceals such opening.

To facilitate application of the described cover to a garment hanger, fold lines 8 may be pre'-' formed on the blank at the junctures of its several flaps with the panel I.

It will be noted that the adjoined edges of the flaps 3 (see Fig. 2) diverge at an acute-angle-as they extend upwardly from the flap 4. This permits the upper mid portion of the sticker to adhere to that small portion of the front wall which is exposed between said edges, whereby the sticker forms a reinforcing connection between the front and rear walls of the cover. Engagement of the sticker with the front wall, as described, is further desirable in c'ounterafcting any tendency of the garment hanger and" cover to shift relatively in a lateral direction to a material extent.

A primary advantage of the described cover lies in its simplicity and its adaptability to be very quickly applied to a garment hanger by unskilled labor.

While printed matter may be applied to either or both faces of the cover, the wall I is particularly suited to receive such matter, since its sur-.

face is unbroken.

It is to be noted that access may be readilyhad' to the lower span of a hanger fittedin the describedcover, in-case it is desired to hang a beltor the like on such bar. The invention is presented as including all such modificationsand changes as come within the scope of the following claims. i

WhatIclaimis: t

1. A cover-for a triangular garment hanger comprising a. substantially-triangular wall ,for engaging at one side of a garment hanger having an upstanding support, and three flaps respectively projecting from the respective margins of,

said wall for jointly forming a wall engageable at the other side of the garment hanger, said flaps being adapted for folding over the corresponding sides of the garment hanger and two of said flaps beingadapted, when folded. to marginally adjoin each other adjacent .to the mid portion of said wall, the third flap being proportioned to lap the adjoined margins of the other two flaps, the cover having an opening to accommodate said upstanding support.

2. In a cover for atriangular garment hanger as set forth in claim 1, a common means for interconnecting the three flaps in wall-forming relation. r

' 3. In a coverfora triangular garment hanger as setforth in claim 1, a sticker interconnecting all three flaps in wall-forming relation.

4 A cover fora triangularxgarment hanger as set forth in claim 1, the third flap beingproportioned-to fold over only the mid portion of the corresponding side ofthe garment hanger and the other two flaps and said wall being proportionedto extendbeyond and jointly substantially cover the remaining portions of said corresponding-side. t

5. A cover for a triangular .garment hanger having a pairof. downwardly divergent members and abottom member, said cover comprisinga substantially triangular wall for engagingat one side of a garment hanger, a pair 'ofsimilalnfiaps integrally projecting from and approximately coextensive with downwardly divergent'margins of saidwall and adapted to be folded over corresponding members of the hanger, the'bottom margin of said wall having a reentrant mid portion, and' a third flap'integrally projecting from such mid portion, to'be folded over, the bottom member of the hanger, the three fiaps 'being shaped and proportioned to adjoin in proximity to themid portion of said wall,t-and -the twosimilar flaps being proportioned to marginally coact 1' withmarginal portic ns of-saidgwallrto coverthe wardly from the panel to be folded over the third side of thegarment hanger, and proportioned and positioned relatively to the other two flaps, to be partially struck out of another similar blank from between the two similar flaps thereof, in forming both blanks from a single sheet of material.

7. Ablank for garment hanger cover purposes,

.formed of sheet material and having an opening extending from its margin toward its center and producing a pair of similar flaps, and having a third flapprojecting from its margin at a point opposite to said, opening and approximately conforming :in proportions and shape to such opening, whereby the thirdgfiap of one blank may; be partially-struck out vof said opening of another,-

. the two similarilaps being foldable along divergent linesto conform to the sides of atriangular garment hanger, and the third flap being foldable to conform to the bottom member of such a hanger, the three flaps being thus adapted to form a wall opposed to a wall formed by the remainingportion of the blank.

8. A cover for a garment hanger having approximately the shape of an isosceles triangle, said cover comprising a substantially triangular front wall for engaging at one side of a garment hanger,,a pair of flaps integrally projecting from opposite lateral margins of said wall and folded over the lateral members of the garment hanger to jointly form a rear wall of the cover, a gap being formed between said flaps when so folded, and a sticker interconnecting said flaps and secured to the portion of the front wall exposed through said gap.

9. hoover as set forth in claim 8, further formed with a flap integralwith a lower margin of said front, wall, and folded over the bottom member of the garment hanger and engaged and held by. said sticker.

"10. A cover :for atriangular garment hanger having an upstanding support, said cover comprising a substantially triangular wall for engagin'gat one side of a garment hanger, and three flaps respectively projecting from the respectiv margins of said wall and. folded to jointly form a wall engageable at the other side of the garment hanger and adjoining each other adjac'e'n't to the. mid portion of said wall, and a member overlapping and interconnecting the three flaps; the cover having an opening to accommodate said upstanding support.

11. A cover for a garment hanger havingapproximately theshape of an isosceles triangle, said cover comprising a substantially triangular front wall for engagingat one side of a garment hanger, apair of flaps integrally projecting from opposite lateral margins of said wall and folded over the lateral members of the garmenthanger to jointly form a rear wall of the cover, ,a gap beingiormed between said flaps when so folded, anda common-means for interconnecting said flaps and-securing them within said gap; to the 12.-A cover for a garmentzhanger havingap: proximatelwthe shape :of, an isosceles triangle;

and including upper and lower garment-receiving elements, said cover comprising front and rear walls and a flap formed. integrally with a lower margin of one such wall, said-flap being upwardly folded and secured to the other wall to retain a hanger in the cover, the cover having a bottom opening at each side of said flap, whereby access is afiord-ed to said lower element of the hanger, said walls downwardly extending beyond the fold of said flap, whereby said fold may closely adjoin the lower element of the hanger, and such element may lie fully between said walls at each side of the flap.

13. A cover for a garment hanger having approximately the shape of an isosceles triangle, and including upper and lower garment-receiving elements, said cover comprising front and rear walls and a flap formed integrally with a lower margin of one such wall, at the mid portion of such margin, said flap being upwardly folded in close proximity to said lower element of the garment hanger and exteriorly secured to the other of said walls to retain the hanger in the cover, the cover having similar bottom openings at each side of said flap afiording access to the lower element of the hanger.

14. A cover for a triangular garment hanger having an upstanding support, said cover comprising a substantially triangular wall for engaging at one side of a garment hanger, and three flaps respectively projecting from the respective margins of said wall for jointly forming a wall engageable at the other side of the garment hanger, said flaps being adapted for folding over the corresponding sides of the garment hanger and two of said flaps being adapted, when folded to marginally adjoin each other adjacent to the mid portion of said wall, the third flap having portions lapping the other two flaps and the three flaps having mutually adjoined marginal portions, and means adhesively interconnecting the three flaps, engaging their mutually adjoined marginal portions, the cover having an opening to accommodate said upstanding support.

15. A cover for a triangular garment hanger having an upstanding support, said cover comprising a substantially triangular wall for engaging at one side of a garment hanger, and three flaps respectively projecting from the respective margins of said wall for jointly forming a wall engageable at the other side of the garment hanger, said flaps being adapted for folding over the corresponding sides of the garment hanger and two of said flaps being adapted, when folded to marginally adjoin each other adjacent to the mid portion of said wall, the third flap overlapping the other two, and means for adhesively securing the third flap to one of the other two flaps, the cover having an opening to accommodate said upstanding support.

16. A cover for a triangular garment hanger having an upstanding support, said cover comprising a substantially triangular wall for engaging at one side of a garment hanger, and three flaps respectively projecting from the respective margins of said wall for jointly forming a wall engageable at the other side of the garment hanger, said flaps being adapted for folding over the corresponding sides of the garment hanger and two of said flaps being adapted, when folded to marginally adjoin each other adjacent to the mid portion of said wall, the third flap overlapping the other two, and means for securing the third flap in its overlapping position, the cover having an opening to accommodate said upstanding support.

HENRY C. RUEN. 

